print·ing (pr n tng)n. 1. The art, process, or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or by similar means. 2. a. The act of one that prints. b. Matter that is printed. 3. All the copies of a publication, such as a book, that are printed at one time. 4. Written characters not connected to one another and resembling those appearing in print. |
printing [ˈprɪntɪŋ]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)
a. the process, business, or art of producing printed matter
b. (as modifier) printing ink
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printed text
3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Also called impression all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time
4. a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters
Printing
an offset process that uses an aluminum plate instead of a lithographic stone. Also called aluminography. — algraphic, adj.
the process in lithography of transferring writings and drawings to a stone surface. — autographic, adj. — autographically, adv.
a printing process by which colored lithographs are produced by a series of stone or zinc plates, each of which carries different portions of the picture to be printed, inked in different colors.
printing in colors from a series of wooden blocks.
the process of preparing a facsimile printing surface, involving the depositing of a thin copper or nickel shell by electrolytic action in a mold of the original and backing it with a lead alloy. — electrotyper, electrotypist, n. — electrotypic, adj.
a process for making letterpress plates by engraving a waxed copper plate, dusting with zinc, and preparing an electrotype. — glyphographer, n. — glyphographic, adj.
a device for embossing letters on thin sheets of metal.
permission, particularly that given by the Roman Catholic Church, to publish or print; hence, any sanction or approval.
the use of italics in printing text to indicate foreign words, abbreviations, emphasis, titles, etc.
1. the art or process of producing an image on a flat, specially prepared stone, treating the items to be printed with a greasy substance to which ink adheres, and of taking impressions from this on paper.
2. a similar process in which the stone is replaced by a zinc or aluminum plate, often provided with a photosensitive surface for reproducing an image photographically. — lithographer, n. — lithographic, adj.
2. a similar process in which the stone is replaced by a zinc or aluminum plate, often provided with a photosensitive surface for reproducing an image photographically. — lithographer, n. — lithographic, adj.
a printing process in which types are impressed in a soft matrix, the resulting hollow spaces being filled with a heated mixture that later solidifies and can be used for printing. — lithotypic, adj.
an offset printing process, similar to lithography, using metal plates instead of stone.
a printing method in which the image on a plate is offset onto a rubber blanket from which it is transferred onto the surface to be printed.
the production of chromolithographs printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth as well as on paper. — oleographic, adj.
type used in the testing of eyesight.
a process by which a line drawing or writing on paper is transferred to a zinc plate, which is then used for printing. — papyrograph, n. — papyrographic, adj.
the process of producing a raised impression on wood from a photograph and using the block thus produced for printing.
Obsolete, lithography.
a technique for imitating an engraved appearance, as on business cards, by dusting areas already printed with a powder attracted only to the inks and using heat to fuse the ink and powder. — thermographer, n. — thermographic, adj.
1. the design, theory, and art of creating characters for printing.
2. the design and selection of printed matter.
3. the craft or business of composing type. — typographic, typographical, adj.
2. the design and selection of printed matter.
3. the craft or business of composing type. — typographic, typographical, adj.
printers, especially master printers, usually found in the names of associations of printers.
the art of engraving on wood or of printing from such engravings. — xylographer, n. — xylographic, xylographical, adj.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  printing - text handwritten in the style of printed matterwriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
| 2. | printing - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" gravure - the act of intaglio printing publication, issue - the act of issuing printed materials compositor's case, typesetter's case, case - (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication justify - adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins" | |
| 3. |  printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publicationprinting - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution hair space - (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters quad, space - (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" printing, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" typography, composition - art and technique of printing with movable type letterpress, relief printing - printing from a plate with raised characters gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print process printing - a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates planographic printing, planography - the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) offset printing, offset - a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper carbon process - a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment ascender - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters descender - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters word processing - rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing white out - widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads underlay - raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate" kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) kern - furnish with a kern superscript, superior - written or printed above and to one side of another character adscript - written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it | |
| 4. | printing - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution edition - the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published mackle - a printed impression that is blurred or doubled printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
Translations
printing [ˈprɪntɪŋ]
n (= technique) → imprimerie f
modif [firm, company] → d'imprimerie; [costs] → d'impression printing error, printing press
printing error n → erreur f d'impression
printing press n → presse f typographique
printing error n → erreur f d'impression
printing press n → presse f typographique
printing
printing:
printing:
printing frame
n → Kopierrahmen m
printing ink
n → Druckerschwärze f
printing office
n → (Buch)druckerei f
printing order
n (Comput) → Druckreihenfolge f
printing paper
n → Druckerpapier nt, → Kopierpapier nt
printing press
n → Druckerpresse f
printing works
n sing or pl → Druckerei f
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